Full endoscopic cervical spine surgery

Endoscopic Spine Surgery

Surgical treatment of the degenerative disc disease has evolved from traditional open spine surgery to minimally invasive spine surgery including endoscopic spine surgery. Constant improvement in the imaging modality especially with introduction of the magnetic resonance imaging, it is possible to identify culprit degenerated disc segment and again with the discography it is possible to diagnos...

Cervical spine surgery

Most surgery is designed to relieve compression of the spinal cord or spinal nerve roots. Reduction in the bore of the vertebral spinal or root canals (spinal stenosis) can occur in many conditions, and some patients have congenitally narrow canals. Osteophytic projections at the intervertebral joints (cervical spondylosis) are the commonest problem. Tumours, infection, trauma, disc protrusions...

Osteoporosis in Cervical Spine Surgery.

STUDY DESIGN Retrospective administrative database analysis. OBJECTIVE To investigate the effect of osteoporosis (OS) on complications and outcomes in patients undergoing cervical spine surgery. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA OS is the most prevalent degenerative human bone disease, and spine surgeons will inevitably perform procedures on patients with OS. These patients might present a difficu...

Images in spine surgery: rheumatoid arthritis in cervical spine.

C5 palsy after cervical spine decompression surgery.

Degenerative cervical spondylosis and cervical compression myelopathy are common causes of morbidity in middle-aged and elderly individuals. Clinical presentations include progressive spastic quadriparesis, sensory loss at or below the neck, and urinary incontinence. Although nonoperative treatment is acceptable in mild nonprogressive myelopathy, surgical decompression or stabilization is indic...